Country: Italy
Co-ordinates: N40 45’39.4″ E14 29’32.7″
https://www.searchforsites.co.uk/marker.php?id=45817
Good for: Very good for visiting Pompeii, Vesuvius and Herculaneum
Address: Via Parrelle Civita Guiliana, Pompei, Città Metropolitana di Napoli, Campania, Italy, 80045
Questions:- (This review is from the point of view of motorhomers driving a Bessacarr E769 tag axle – 8.56m)
Relevant Post:- Pompeii, Herculaneum and Vesuvius in 3 days 🙂
Detail: Dedicated motorhome/caravan sosta area within walking distance of Pompeii ruins.
All services, including a washing machine but no washing up sinks. Water and drainage on every pitch.
The owner is ever present and extremely friendly and helpful – he greets you with a shot of limoncello – we even got a 2nd shot one evening 🙂
You can hire a little car from the site, and also book excursions if you wanted to (we chose to use public transport and our own feet 🙂
What’s the site access like? It’s likely that you need to ignore your satnav and plot your own route in. We made the mistake of following the satnav which took us right through the centre of town – not a good plan…. I eventually had to take over as she wanted to take us back into the maze of streets when it was very clear which way we needed to go!
How much is it? 25Euros per night all in.
What’s the area like?:
The immediate area is not brilliant (as is often the case in Italy – this western side at least). However, the ruins are an absolute must see – don’t listen to those who tell you that you need 2 hours… I would say you need 2 days! We were in there for a little over 4 hours and didn’t see all of it. We would have gone in again the next day if our feet hadn’t been hanging off!!
Note: the walk to Pompeii (Santuario) is about a mile, but almost another mile to the Pompeii Scavi train station (you can catch the EAV bus from opposite the ruins entrance at the Ampitheatre though, which is alot closer)
Easy to get the EAV bus up to Vesuvius – worth the fare (<15Euros there and back for 2 of us). It’s worth it just for the drive up – but be aware that you have to pay to visit the crater, whichever route you take, and it was ‘sold out’ for 2 weeks (unless, of course, you pay the extortionate prices charged by the tours – they clearly buy up all the tickets as soon as they’re available….:( )
Also easy to get to Herculaneum (Ercolano) on the train (cost 8.80Euros return for both of us – tickets to be bought at the start of each journey though)
Moving on: Next stop was a move over to the East coast at Termoli
Would we return?? If we were to visit this area again we wouldn’t hesitate to return
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